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Cuffley driveway and front garden scheme is complete

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May 26th, 2012 by

Cuffley front garden & driveway scheme is complete. After several weeks waiting for the April/May rain showers to pass, we finally had the weather window to surface the driveway and fit the automated gate system. Keep an eye on our Design & Build Project Gallery, as we will feature this example of a modern design […]

Closeboard boundary fencing at Enfield

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May 4th, 2012 by

The boundary fencing has been erected at Enfield this week, 208 linear metres. The Oakleigh Manor post auger made short work of the post holes, every post hole was augered to a depth of 60cm, approx 10 seconds per hole, our team were very pleased with that. Now the rest of the garden can really […]

New project at Epping Forest, Essex

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May 4th, 2012 by

A new 380m2 Natural Sandstone terrace is going to keep this team busy for the next 6 weeks, then 66m of cast stone balustrade will be fitted around the outer edge. This end of the terrace is being excavated today down to formation level, the sand based subsoil will be used to fill the other […]

New Iroko hardwood Auto Gates and piers at Rusper

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May 4th, 2012 by

The gates and pier caps were fitted this week to complete the hardware on this entrance configuration. The piers really look good with the weatherstuck pointing and cast stone detailed pier caps. The automation system communicates with the house via a video phone, keypad coded access, remote control fobs and a vehicle detection loop on […]

New Auto Field Gate, Chartham, Kent

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April 26th, 2012 by

These timber field gates were fitted today, inbetween the rain showers. The installation had been delayed for 11 days after being rained of in the first attempt, the the sun came out at midday after a morning of pouring rain. The installation was completed at 4pm, just in time for some quick snaps for the […]

Decked terrace at Dargate, Nr Faversham, Kent

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April 26th, 2012 by

This site team have been working on this decked terrace this week. The old lawn area below the deck was removed, the topsoil has been placed into a raised bed, part of which you can see just around the corner. The raised bed will form a new vegetable and herb garden, just outside our clients’ […]

Decked terrace, near Canterbury, Kent

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April 23rd, 2012 by

This huge decked terrace provides our client with an expanse of clean outdoor space, flush level the house floors, our clients open the french doors in the sunshine and their entertainment or dining space multiplies in area. Amongst a huge variety of Mediterranean  planting around the garden  2m high bamboo hedge is created to screen the […]

Garden Room in Rusper

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April 16th, 2012 by

The Garden room at Rusper is almost complete. Our carpenter has fitted the 5m wide Oak Bi fold doors, inside the dry lining, plastering and electrical works final fix is complete. We must get some shots of the internal lighting, numerous purple uplighters illuminate the inner green oak frame whilst white downlighters wash the space […]

New Entrance Piers in Keston, SE London

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April 16th, 2012 by

The grand new entrance piers are now complete at Keston. Our bricklayers carefully created the tower tops using hand made “specials” and diamond cut bricks to create the stepped base plinth and upper cap details. They look magnificent! The driveway has been surfaced with Resin Bound Gravel, blend 6.29, Taxus (Yew) hedging is being planted […]